The Best Dressed of Venice & Deauville

Yes, it's true, summer came to an end last week, and while we spent last week in a moment of stylish nostalgia, this week we're looking forward. Derek Blasberg, our editor at large and the man behind Mr. Blasberg's Best-Dressed List, his weekly roundup of all the best dresses fit to print, considers himself both a movie buff and a fan of red-carpet style. So this week he was in sartorial heaven with not one but two film festivals dragging some of Hollywood's chicest young people to step and repeat all through Europe. First up was the Venice Film Festival, a celebration of the cinema in one of the world's most romantic cities. And perhaps there was romance on the mind for some of the actresses promoting films; that would explain the sheer decadence Natasha Poly worked in a Gucci dress and the lacy custom-made Alberta Ferretti frock that Asia Argento wore to promote her appearance in the film Carnage. Venice attracted some of the biggest names in film — and in fashion. We're looking at you, Gwynnie (who donned two Prada looks on the red carpet), and Madge (who was channeling lots of 1950s silhouettes, appropriately enough, since her new film, W.E., is the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who defined '50s style). A skip down the Riviera and we were in Deauville for another film festival. The looks there ran the spectrum, and Derek's favorites were on opposite ends: Kate Bosworth's ethereal white cocktail dress and Elisa Sednaoui's black menswear tailored suit, even with flat oxfords.

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